wildcards in rules

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

When you create a rule and check the box next to "Subject contains" can
I use wildcards there AND anywhere else in the rule window?

TIA
 
Wildcards such as "*"? I guess it depends on where.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, no spam asked:

| When you create a rule and check the box next to "Subject contains"
| can I use wildcards there AND anywhere else in the rule window?
|
| TIA
 
Wildcards such as "*"? I guess it depends on where.
Click to expand...
| When you create a rule and check the box next to "Subject contains"
| can I use wildcards there AND anywhere else in the rule window?
Click to expand...

In the "Subject contains" box can I use "*angel*" to move all emails
from "starangel" or "angelfree" to the junk mail folder?
 
no spam said:
When you create a rule and check the box next to "Subject contains"
can I use wildcards there AND anywhere else in the rule window?
Click to expand...

Rules don't support wildcards.
 
no spam said:
In the "Subject contains" box can I use "*angel*" to move all emails
from "starangel" or "angelfree" to the junk mail folder?
Click to expand...

A string in the search criteria matches anything containing that string.
Thus, use "angel" and it will match "starangel" and "angelfree" as well as
"D'arkangelo"
 
Maybe, but rules are not good spam filters and it looks for partial words
(so word is the same as *word or word*), so only wildcards would be needed
for specific letters - like w*d. Filtering in this manner would take too
much resources.
 
no said:
Wouldn't it make more sense to support wildcards?
Click to expand...

I've been sitting here trying to come up with a good answer to that that
would match the fact that you can't do it. I can only really come up with
two good reasons

1) The problem with people not knowing where their mail went would be
exacerbated and troubleshooting the issue would just be uglier.

2) Wild cards tend to increase the amount of processing power required and
too many rules using wildcards could be a little too intensive.
 
Maybe, but rules are not good spam filters and it looks for partial words
(so word is the same as *word or word*), so only wildcards would be needed
for specific letters - like w*d. Filtering in this manner would take too
much resources.
Click to expand...

What is the answer?
 
Back
Top